QUARTERLY FORECASTS

2018 Second-Quarter Forecast

Mar 11, 2018 | 22:11 GMT

The White House will bump up against the laws of the United States and the central tenets of the World Trade Organization as it launches a global trade offensive in the name of national security.

As economic and political pressure mounts against China this quarter, North Korea will use a temporary detente with the South to undermine the United States' containment strategy against it.

(GOH CHAI HIN/MLADEN ANTONOV/SAUL LOEB/JOE RAEDLE/TOM MIHALEK/FENG LI/TAB1962/DONVICTORIO/KEVIND/STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Overview

All eyes will be fixed on the White House this quarter as it launches a trade offensive whose collateral damage will span the globe. As economic and political pressure mounts against China, North Korea will use a temporary detente with the South to undermine the United States' containment strategy against it. ...

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